Thank You! I recently bought the "Alien 6-Film Collection" Blu-ray on eBay for cheap - $24. Turns out it is a "counterfeit" item since it did not contain the collector's cards inside the package. I remember looking at the blu-ray disc underside and it was a dark purple-ish color, so safe to say it is burned, not pressed. I should have known -- if it's cheap, it's because it literally is. If you want real pressed media buy from reputable vendors and expect higher prices (though it may not be a guarantee also but at least you should be able to return for refund if you later discover it is burned and not pressed).
Thank you for this video! Super neat explanation. Been collecting lots of demo CDs for years, always interesting how certain eras of CD-Rs are dying more. Assuming it's poor manufacturing. CD-Rs from the early 2010s I find are dying much more than stuff from the early 00s.
I belive stamped disc's have better playback than computer burner disc's. I have been having trouble with burning. After burning the quality is not as good as the original. I've tried burning slow and all that. I have to increase the volume on my stereo to increase the clarity
There’s actually now a type of recordable Blu-Rays that uses a burning process called M-DISC which claims to have a lifespan of well over 1000 years. Only downside to them is finding a blu ray player capable of reading them.
lol, the only media to survive hurricane Katrina was optical disc. Hard drives, whether hdd, ssd (servers) or tape were forever ruined. How's that for irrelevance?
finally found what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
Thank You! I recently bought the "Alien 6-Film Collection" Blu-ray on eBay for cheap - $24. Turns out it is a "counterfeit" item since it did not contain the collector's cards inside the package. I remember looking at the blu-ray disc underside and it was a dark purple-ish color, so safe to say it is burned, not pressed. I should have known -- if it's cheap, it's because it literally is. If you want real pressed media buy from reputable vendors and expect higher prices (though it may not be a guarantee also but at least you should be able to return for refund if you later discover it is burned and not pressed).
Thank you for this video! Super neat explanation. Been collecting lots of demo CDs for years, always interesting how certain eras of CD-Rs are dying more. Assuming it's poor manufacturing. CD-Rs from the early 2010s I find are dying much more than stuff from the early 00s.
I belive stamped disc's have better playback than computer burner disc's.
I have been having trouble with burning.
After burning the quality is not as good as the original. I've tried burning slow and all that.
I have to increase the volume on my stereo to increase the clarity
Are bootleg discs burned? is that what make them bootlegs?
There’s actually now a type of recordable Blu-Rays that uses a burning process called M-DISC which claims to have a lifespan of well over 1000 years. Only downside to them is finding a blu ray player capable of reading them.
I think dvds and cds are all degrading pretty fast by virtue of them being irrelevent
lol, the only media to survive hurricane Katrina was optical disc. Hard drives, whether hdd, ssd (servers) or tape were forever ruined. How's that for irrelevance?
homie got me scrambling for my cds and dvds now ngl